20 Awesome History Books for Kids. Whether you’re looking for homeschool history books or just plain good ancient history books for your homeschool, I have 20 awesome history books for kids,
Need help getting your kiddos interested in the stories of past cultures and places? Good news, today we're sharing our favorite history books for kids.
How many books set in Germany have you read? The sheer breadth of literature is staggering, so this list aims to capture just a selection.
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About Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts An extraordinary and beautifully illustrated exploration of the medieval world through twelve manuscripts, from one of the world’s leading experts. Winner of The Wolfson History Prize and The Duff Cooper Prize. A San Francisco Chronicle Holiday Book Gift Guide Pick! Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts is a captivating examination of twelve illuminated manuscripts from the medieval period. Noted authority Christopher de Hamel invites the reader into intimate conversations with these texts to explore what they tell us about nearly a thousand years of medieval history – and about the modern world, too. In so doing, de Hamel introduces us to kings, queens, saints, scribes, artists, librarians, thieves, dealers, and collectors. He traces the elaborate journeys that these exceptionally precious artifacts have made through time and shows us how they have been copied, how they have been embroiled in politics, how they have been regarded as objects of supreme beauty and as symbols of national identity, and who has owned them or lusted after them (and how we can tell). From the earliest book in medieval England to the incomparable Book of Kells to the oldest manuscript of the Canterbury Tales , these encounters tell a narrative of intellectual culture and art over the course of a millennium. Two of the manuscripts visited are now in libraries of North America, the Morgan Library in New York and the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. Part travel book, part detective story, part conversation with the reader, Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts allows us to experience some of the greatest works of art in our culture to give us a different perspective on history and on how we come by knowledge.
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Are you looking for some great history books for kids? There are several authors and series you can always count on to have great history books for kids.
According to American crochet expert and world traveler Annie Potter, "The modem art of true crochet as we know it today was developed during the 16th ce...
Explore fascinating Hungarian books you should read before you visit or if you're interested in Hungarian history and culture.
The Unlikely Homeschool is an online, faith-based site full of ideas, organizational tools, and printables for the busy homeschooling mom.
Boudicca (d. 61 CE) was the Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe of modern-day East Anglia, Britain, who led a revolt against Rome in 60/61 CE. The Iceni king, Prasutagus, an independent ally of Rome, divided...
The Observer's art critic, Laura Cumming, chooses her 10 favourites, from Matisse to Hopper
Revisit the best history books! Brush up on your knowledge of everything from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the Cold War.
A local food writer reveals the best pintxos in San Sebastián, Spain, from gildas to marinated anchovies to creamy chicken croquetas.
My summary of a Institute of Historical Research session on the digitization of records in Late Medieval England.
May 6, 2014 I am often asked to consider basing a wardrobe or a travel capsule on this most lovely of Michelangelo’s works, and I have to admit that I find her sort of intimidating! The unusual color combinations, as well as the overall strength and power of her image are so striking that my […]
Medieval audiences couldn’t get enough of Polo’s fascinating accounts of faraway lands, turning his book into a runaway success.
We spent a couple of weeks studying the events of the 1300s. Today I’m going to share the worksheets I made for the kids about the Crusades, Hundred Year’s War, and the Black Plague. I’ll also share the simulation: Will you survive the Black Plague?!! To start, we covered the history of the Crusades, Hundred Year’s War and the Black Plague. We read the chapters in our history book. We...
Jannetje Johanna (Jo) Schaft (16 September 1920 17 April 1945) was a Dutch communist resistance fighter during World War II. She became known as the girl with the red hair (in Dutch Het meisje met het rode haar, also the title of a book and film about her). Her secret name in the resistance moveme
Thinking of traveling to Argentina? Learn more with the books about Argentina, including novels, non-fiction, and children's books.
Travel across Europe and learn more with the best books about Croatia, including Croatian history and culture books.
This list of books set in Belgium includes a wide range of Belgian literature published in English, spanning from the late 1800's to the present day.
„Austrian National Library, located in the imperial Hofburg Palace in Vienna. It was built in the 1720s to house the court library and holds about 200,000 books. The hall is divided into two …
1. There was an explosion in 1626 in China which killed 20,000 people. The cause of the explosion has not been conclusively determined.
Anne Boleyn allegedly held this prayer book during her beheading in 1536.
With over 150 titles, the Who Was? series tells the incredible stories of trailblazers, legends, innovators, and creators. Enhance your history studies with these easy readers that are written in a way that children will enjoy them...and actually WANT to read them!
